Chapter Seven Pt.2:
As the fight between Hades' minions and their foes continued...
From a portal, the three from Destiny Island arrived about a few hundred miles from the battle. "This place..." Riku thought to himself in despair before Sora and Kairi arrived behind the white haired teen.
"...It's filled with darkness..." Sora added.
"...Reminds me of Hallow Bastion before Leon and his friends fixed it..." The red head teen was reminded the first time the trio were forced into their first adventure outside of their little island.
However, this was quickly interrupted by the appearance of a second portal with Zangeif walking out first. "Hmm...This way to travel is very odd..." The Russian spoke surprising the three keyblade holders.
"WHOA, HE'S GIANT!" The brown haired teen screamed aloud in fear before pulling out his keyblade in a defensive stance.
"Huh? A boy with a key? Young one, how did you and your friends find yourselves in Makai?"
This friendliness surprised the long haired keyblader. "You're not our enemy?"
"Enemy? Why would I be? Unless you have the Great Zangief confused for someone from Shadowloo." His Russian accent was in full display before the red haired girl asked.
"Shado...who?"
"...Hmm...It appears you may not be from my world, are you, young ones?"
Upon this observation, Tifa, Cloud, Kanji, Reiko, Tina, Helena, Zack, Joker, Skull, Queen, Reiji and Xiaomu arrived, with the fox girl exclaiming. "Man, Portals are so overrated...but at least they do work."
"Oh hey, everyone!" Sora cheered as the group approached the four.
"Well, at least we found some friends." Tifa thought aloud.
Zack agreed in a humorous tone, "Good thing too, I was actually started to worry about you kids."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" The brown haired teen before Reiji asked the eldest of the trio.
"So, where's the others, Riku?"
"We must've arrived here before the others...Might be a minute or two...at least, the portals that we've been through worked that way."
"Eh, that doesn't damn sense to me." Kanji thought aloud while cracking his knuckles.
"Well, it's kind of hard to explained...plus they do seem different from the Dark Portals that the nobodies used." Kairi answered.
"I see?" Reiko thought to herself before Kairi compared her body to the wrestlers.
"Kairi? You ok?" Sora asked his girlfriend, not noticing her embarrassment.
"He's doesn't seem to understand that part, huh?" Zack whispered to Helena, much to the blonde's disapproval of her fellow DOATEC worker.
After all was said, the others that were traveling with the trio arrived. "X, Zero, good to see you guys again!" Xiaomu exclaimed.
"Yeah, I agree." Zero nodded as the two groups compare notes while Noel thought the same thought as Kairi as she saw the bodies of Reiko and Tina.
"...They're bigger than mine..."
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"So...This happened even before the events that happened with Shinra a few years ago, am I right?" Reiji muttered to himself in disappointment.
Jiminy nodded, "Afraid so, though I am just as surprised as everyone else here. However, if you and your team have stopped it before, then we all should be able to as well."
"Yeah, about that, our Persona abilities are weakening, so unless we get something to keep our disguises, then we'll be useless in fights." Ryuji brought up their situation.
"Wait, seriously?!" Panther screamed before her disguise was started to fade. "Oh damn, you're right..."
"I have also been noticing that my strength has weaken since we left Midgar." Queen explained, as her costume fade back and forth between her Queen disguise and her civilian form, Makoto Niijima.
This did concerned not just the Phantom Thieves but also the two Shadow Operatives and the lone Investigation Team member. "Hey, Miss Kirijo, Could that also mean my friends and me could lose our Personas at anytime?" Kanji asked the red haired woman, much to her quiet thoughts.
"It seems that even if one of us are away from our world haven't used our Personas after our battles, we could lose our abilities."
She remained quiet in thought much to both Kanji's and Aigis' concern.
"Well, well, we got the perfect friend to help us since we are here." Xiaomu chuckled much to the confusion of everyone.
"Perfect person? I supposed you have someone in mind?" Mitsuru questioned the girl, though she remained smug about the answer.
"Maybe, She does own us a favor or two..."
"Ah, I got it..." Kogoro interrupted as his partner nodded.
"We just have to ask Morrigan Aensland to help us!" Mii exclaimed to the newcomers confusion of most.
"Who?" Sora asked.
"That makes sense, she did gave Phoenix, and his assistant, some magic to defend their selves." X explained.
"We'll explain to you guys who she is on the way." Mii answered as most of the group went onward, Leaving only Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Tina, who stopped herself from leaving as she noticed the teen's ordeal.
"Hey kid, is something wrong?" The older female, concerned, asked the white haired youth.
Remaining silent, Riku was bothered by his surroundings and his past.
"It's the darkness of this world, isn't?" Kairi questioned her and Sora's close friend as if she read his mind.
"Yeah...I mean, because of Ans...I mean, Xehanort's heartless taking control of me when we were separated, I keep thinking what if that happens again, would I attempt to attack our team."
"You still worry about that? I mean, you prove to everyone that you have overcome your darkness. So why now?" The brown haired keyblade warrior asked.
"I don't know, just call it me being paranoid, or it could just be this world affecting me."
"How bout quit kicking your own ass for what happened?" Tina rudely sighed, much to the confusion of the trio.
"Huh?" Sora asked the blonde American.
"I mean, forget about the bad things you have done, just fight for what you believe in and what you know is right!"
"..." Riku said nothing before Kairi chimed in.
"That actually makes sense, Ms. Armstrong.".
"Well, my Dad taught me to be tough, so he would give me some prep talks to cheer me up, it's the least I can do for your friend."
This caused the long haired male to smirked before agreeing. "Thanks, that actually helped."
"Alrighty then, Let's kick some asses!" The daughter of Bass pumped her fist in the air to ready the trio.
Meanwhile:
As The vampire stared at his foe, the One Winged Angel prepare to slash Demitri in half with his long blade, but the lord of vampires, transformed into a bat to fly behind the silver haired man. "Too slow..." Demitri mocked but was stopped from killing him by a quick slash that appeared from supposedly, nowhere.
"How did you...?!" The vampire was surprised but realized. "Your attack hit me when I thought I've evaded it."
"Yes, for I hit the wing at the last second before you regain your form." The Elite member SOLDIER calmly explained much to the impressed vampire.
"Then, I will not make the same mistake, Modified Human."
As this was said, the attacks from the duo became less visible to the human eye as the three from Destiny Island arrived with Tina and Reiko, who was waiting on the Armstrong woman to arrived. "Whoa, is that Sephiroth?!" The teen in black baggy clothes exclaimed before Cloud and Tifa joined.
"How is he even alive, I mean he vanished when Kadaj died." The black haired monk thought aloud before the six heard clapping.
"Do you really think you can keep us down?" The clapping's owner revealed himself as the dead Remnant of Sephiroth, Kadaj appeared from the shadows, before pointing his katana with two parallel blades pointed at the group.
"Kadaj, why are you here if..."
"If Sephiroth is there fighting the vampire? I'm not sure either, but I know that someone revived me to kill whoever would go against our leader." The teen with silver hair laughed before Rowdy Reiko appeared from the Shadows as well.
"Tch, nice entrance."
"That other version of Reiko is here too?!" Tina yelled.
"I'm guessing you guys are working for Hades, are you!?" Sora questioned the two, before Kadaj mocked again.
"The god of death, Please."
"We are simply here to torment you, kiddo." A third voice, echoed out as a person in a black leather coat and eyepatch causally walked in to the conversation. "...Besides, you and your friends managed to kick my butt, so I am here for some payback."
"Xigbar!?" Kairi asked as she and Riku joined Sora with their weapons ready to fight.
"Cloud, You and Tifa go fight Sephiroth, we got these losers!" Sora commanded.
"Understood!"
"You kids be careful!" Tifa warned them before Reiko reassured the two from Midgar.
"We'll keep them safe!"
"You sure?" Cloud asked Tina but she agreed with her sparring Partner.
"Go kick that Pretty boy's ass, we'll deal with these rejects!
"Such big talk from some girl without magic!" The eye patched member of Organization XIII mocked, while both Kadaj and remained serious about fighting the five.
"Bring it on, I'll take you down to hell!"
To Be Continued...
AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Crap, I was hoping to end this arc by part two, anyway, How's everyone doing? DH here, and not much to say, It's October, I am now 28 years old, and still working on this arc of the story? But that's life. So stay safe, Enjoy, Review, and have a good Halloween!"